Enacting Englishness in the Victorian period : colonialism and the politics of performance / Angelia Poon.
| Author/creator | Poon, Angelia |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008. |
| Description | 174 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | English homebodies : the politics of spectacle and domesticity in mid-century Victorian conduct literature and Jane Eyre -- Comic acts of (be)longing : performing Englishness in wonderful adventures of Mrs. Seacole in many lands -- Seeing double : performing English identity and imperial duty in Emily Eden's Up the country and Harriet Martineau's British rule in India -- Charles Dickens and the policing of the English body -- Imperial fantasies and the politics of reproducing Englishness : Henry Rider Haggard's Allan Quatermain. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-169) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007038170 |
| ISBN | 9780754658481 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0754658481 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR 878.N3557 P66 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |